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'Twas go-ing to the fair at Dingle____, one fine morning last Ju-ly____,
An' walkin' down the road before me____, a red haired girl I chanced to spy____
Come ride with me my red haired maiden____, the donkey he will carry two____
She looked at me her eyes a twinkle____, her cheeks a lovely rosy hue____.
"Thank you kindly, sir", she answered____, then she tossed her bright red hair____
Seeing as you have got the donkey____, I'll ride with you to the Dingle Fair___
When we reached the town of Dingle____, I took her hand to say goodbye____.
But a tinker he stepped up behind me____, and hit me right in my left eye____.
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Keep your hands off Red Haired Mary! Her And I will soon be wed.
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We'll see the priest this very morning. Tonight we'll lie in a marriage bed.
Now I was feeling kind of peevish____, my poor old eye felt sad and sore_____.
I tapped him gently with me hobnails_____, and he flew back through Murphy’s door_____.
He galloped off to find his brother_____, the tallest man I e’er did meet______.
He tapped me gently with his knuckles_____, now I am minus two front teeth______.
Round the corner came a peeler_____, told me that I’d broke the law____,
The donkey kicked him in the kneecap_____, He fell down and he broke his jaw_____.
Now the red haired girl, she kept on smiling_____, “Young man, I’ll come with you” she said____,
“We’ll forget the priest this very morning____. Tonight we’ll lie in Murphy’s shed___.”
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Keep your hands off Red Haired Mary! Her And I will soon be wed.
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We'll forget the priest this very morning. Tonight we'll lie in Murphy’s shed.
Through the Dingle Fair we roamed together_____, My black eye and her red hair____,
Smiling gaily at the tinkers_____, and be-gar we made a handsome pair____.